The Gail Stafford Bargello Tissue Box

Melita stitched two versions of a Gail Stafford Bargello sampler (the design came from the September-October 2022 issue of ANG's Needle Pointers), one in stranded threads and one in sparkly threads, and turned the two pieces into a tissue box.  She describes how she finished it at the bottom of this summary of her stitching in 2025.  It looks great!

https://melitastitches4fun.com/2026/01/01/2025-year-in-review-a-look-forward-bargello-sampler-tissue-box/

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow

Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com

and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com

© Copyright January 2, 2026 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Landscape Features and Tar River Trail (Gail Stafford)

Melita is taking a Cyberpointers online class with Gail Stafford entitled "Landscape Features:  A Notebook Class."

https://melitastitches4fun.com/2024/04/29/ang-cyberpointers-chapter-online-workshop-is-landscape-features-a-notebook-class-kit-by-gail-stafford/

It's interesting to see Melita's progress and hear how Gail designed various tree limbs and trunks.

https://melitastitches4fun.com/2024/06/05/trees-and-leaves-from-landscape-features-a-notebook-class-by-gail-stafford/

Now we are doing bushes and water.

https://melitastitches4fun.com/2024/06/12/water-distant-trees-and-bushes-from-landscape-features-a-notebook-class-by-gail-stafford/

Next Melita tackled grasses, straw and mulch.  Her observations of what worked and what didn't are interesting.

https://melitastitches4fun.com/2024/06/27/grasses-and-more-from-landscape-features-a-notebook-class-by-gail-stafford/

Melita is also going to finish a Gail Stafford class called "Tar River Trail."  It looks beautiful to me.

https://melitastitches4fun.com/2024/06/30/next-on-the-horizon-after-landscapes-is-tar-river-trails/

Melita's added tree trunks.

https://melitastitches4fun.com/2024/07/22/wandering-along-tar-river-trail/

She had trouble deciding when to stop but by the end she had a fall piece that looks very like our woods in early October.

https://melitastitches4fun.com/2024/08/24/reached-the-end-of-tar-river-trail/

https://melitastitches4fun.com/2024/12/27/stitches-in-sterling-by-nancy-cucci-tar-river-trail-by-gail-stafford-both-framed/

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow

Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com

and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com

© Copyright April 30, 2024 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Gail Stafford: A Profile of a Master Craftsman

I just ran across this wonderful profile of Gail Stafford, whose landscapes are often taught at EGA and ANG seminars.  Click on "Next" at the bottom of each page to see lovely photographs of her work.
http://www.woodturnersunlimited.com/index.php/eclectic/lifestyle/68-gail-stafford-master-craftsman

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright August 22, 2017 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.